Loading and unloading device.



F. SNIPES. LOADING AND UNLOADING. DEVICE.

APPLICATION IILBJ) JULY 9, 19Q8. I 930,321 I PatentedAug. 3, 1909.

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' F. SNIPES. IIOADING AND UNLOADING DEVICE. APIZLIGATIOH FILED JULY 9, 1908.

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To all whomc't mayc0ncern.'

Be'it known that I, F'BANICSNIPES,L Gilli? zen' of the -United States; residing 'at' R-os well, in the county of'Chaves andllerritory of New Mexico, have invented certain-newand useful Improvements in. Loading and pertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in devices or means especially adapted for loading and unloading-purposes.

Ithas for its object to carry out the aforesaid ends in a simple, ready, and.- efiective manner, particularly for usein'conriection with railroads in loading-rand" unloading vessels or other carriers of a public character; also in accomplishing the said ends at a point above or below the general surface, or

elow an elevated point.

With'these and other objects in view, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. V

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the invention; Fig. 4 is a view disclosing more particularly the platform or conveyer upon an enlarged scale; Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

In practicing my invention, I suitably arrange in connection with the rails of a railroad track 1, a platform or conveyer 2, which is suitably equipped with rails 3, adapted to aline with the rails of said track, said conveyer being arranged or sandwiched intermediate of the latter rails. Said platform or conveyer is arranged to travel upon a pair of parallel inclined tracks 4, with their upper ends arranged and suitably supported in position so as to permit said conveyer or platform to stand flush with the bed of the railway and allow its rails to aline with those of the railway track. The lower ends of said tracks 4, are submerged, as shown, below the surface of a river or body of water as for use to aid in connection with the con veyer in loading and unloading a vessel.

have-suitable connection with: and receive the axles or shafts 6, of trucks or wheels 7 adapted t'o travel j or.;sa'id inclined tracks.

at the'upperandlower ends of the tracks 4, sprocket wheels; or pulleys 9, 1.0 suitably mam-mag; 3,1909.

' lower side pendants orbearingsfi, with their under; surfaces provided w th a correspond-: 111g" inclination with that'of the inclined tracks 4, and which pendants or bearingsxco Prefe1*ably endless chain "belts 8 r are suit ably connected by clamping members 8 to. the conveyer '2, r-f L1?l(l 1 adapted to encompass j ourn aled and supported in position for driv I ingor imparting motion I to. saidconveyer, the shaft of the upper sprocket wheels 9,

being'suitably belted, as at 11, to the drum 1 of an engine-. d-r-iving shaft'for actuating said end-less chains or'belts as in im arting ma.

tion'to the conveyer 2,'the be ts 11 suitably encompassing additional pulleys 1]. upon shafts of the wheels or pulleys 10 for that purpose. Also suitably supported at points intermediate of the ends of the end less chains or belts 8 are additional sprocket wheels or pulleys 12 for engagement with and aiding the retention of said belts or chains against sagging. Also arranged near the upper endsof the endless chain belts are opposite pulleys or wheels 13, suitably supported in position and adapted to hold said endless chain belts in contact with the other sprocket wheels engaged. thereby as against spreading apart, as will be readily understood.

It will be noted that, in loading a vessel from a car stationed. upon the railway track 1, as disclosed by the example given in the drawing, the car is run upon the rails of the platform or conveyer 2, with its rails in alinement with those of the railway track, and that by suitably imparting motion to the endless belts or chains 8, said conveyer will be lowered with the car standing thereon to the desired point for the delivery of the contents of said car to the vessel or boat, as will be readily understood. Of course it is apparent that after thus removing the contents of the car, it may be readily returned to its former elevated position by reversing the motion of the endless chain belts. This device, it is obvious, is also adapted for coaling vessels or for loading other carriers at a lower point than that from which the car or material is to be taken to be transferred to said vessel or carrier and is capable of carrying out said The conveyer 2, has depending from its l ends in a simple, expeditious and economical Inergence in a body of water, a conveyer arp arranged in connection with said inclined invention will be readily understood without edges of said hearings or pendants having a manner and whereby manual labor and assistance are greatly reduced or lessened.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may he resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. A device of the character described embracing an inclined track adapted for subranged to travel upon said inclined track, an endless belt or chain adapted to actuate said conveyer and encompassing pulleys or Wheels track, and means for actuating said endless belts, said conveyer having pendants or bearings for the application thereto of the axles or shafts or its trucks or wheels, the lower corresponding inclination with said inclined tracks.

In a loading device adapted for use in. connection with scagoing vessels, a pair of parallel inclined tracks having their lower ends submerged, transversely disposed shal'ls arran ed at the lower ends of the traeks, wheels mounted thereon, a transversely disposed shaft arranged at the upper ends ol the tracks, wheels arranged thereon, endless chains for connecting the lower shal'ts it h the upper shaft, trucks niovahle on "(he inclined tracks, clam ping menihers l'or eonneel- ,10

ing the trucks to the endless chains, a eonveyer arranged on the tlUGliS, rails arranged on the conveyor transverse of the inclined tracks, rails for moving the carrier upon the conveyor, and means l'or operating the endless belt.

in testimmi whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two snhserihing witnesses.

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J. D. BELL, J. A. PUNTNY. 

